Yeah, they're pretty hard to see, but they ARE there. And you can
just make out my Snap-On metric tap-and-die set (a birthday gift from my
wife Annie...we courted on my '73 RD350, so she knew what she was getting
into).
Here's a picture of my bench with some heads, cylinders, piston, etc. laying
around. Pretty cool, huh!
Check out this cylinder...hone marks still there at 25K miles.
Yeah, they're pretty hard to see, but they ARE there. And you can
just make out my Snap-On metric tap-and-die set (a birthday gift from my
wife Annie...we courted on my '73 RD350, so she knew what she was getting
into).
The only bummer so far is that I broke (ouch) an oil ring putting the
piston back in the jug. And I even have a ring compressor (which I wasn't
using, of course)...those cast oil rings are nice, but they're kind of a
bear, the compression rings are no problem.
Here's a picture of the rest of the bike. Left the back wheel on to help
balance the bike on those old jacks. Needless to say, I try to keep the
kids from playing in shop while the thing is perched like that!
Here's where it all happens...those fragile Ducati cases. I've heard the
bottom end is only good for about 50K miles. With lots of TLC I'll try to
disprove that myth. UPDATE! Sigh, the myth is true...my left main
bearing came apart at 40K miles. I did a complete engine overhaul, and in
the process fitted some Ferracci 11:1 pistons. She's back together and
runs stronger than ever! I've got many pictures of the rebuild; I'll post
them sometime...
Finally, I couldn't do it without all the wonderful tools my father left
me...
Thanks, DAD! Wish you were here!